Geography in the Republics of Central Asia |
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| Authors: | E M Murzayev O Ye Agakhanyants A G Babayev L N Babushkin K O Otorbayev |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Geography, Moscow;2. Tien-Shan Physical-Geographic Station;3. Institute of Deserts, Ashkhabad;4. Tashkent University;5. Kirghiz Academy of Sciences |
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| Abstract: | A review of the last 50 years of geographic research in the four Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, and Turkmenia, where the dominant desert and mountain landscapes impose a specific character on geographic investigations. Physical geography has tended to focus on glaciation in mountains and on surface runoff in the desert as potential sources of water for irrigation. Economic geography has emphasized the utilization of desert pastures. |
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